Originally appeared on E! Online
Kelly Osbourne is grieving the loss of her father Ozzy Osbourne.
Following the Black Sabbath frontman’s death on July 22 at age 76, his daughter shared a touching tribute on her Instagram Story July 24 with lyrics to his 1972 song “Changes.”
“I feel unhappy,” the 40-year-old wrote. “I am so sad. I lost the best friend I ever had.”
Just days before Ozzy Osbourne’s passing, Kelly Osbourne — who costarred on the MTV reality series “The Osbournes” with her dad as well as mom Sharon Osbourne, 72, and brother Jack Osbourne, 39, from 2002 to 2005 — addressed online speculation that the heavy metal icon’s health was deteriorating.
“There’s this video going around on social media and it’s supposed to be my dad, but it’s AI,” she said in a clip posted on her Instagram Stories July 11. “It has a voice like my dad’s David Attenborough or something, and it starts out saying, ‘I don’t need a doctor to tell me that I’m going to die. I know I’m going to die.’”
Kelly Osbourne went on to condemn the creators of the viral video before plainly stating that her father was “not dying.”
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“Yes, he has Parkinson’s, and yes, his mobility is completely different than it used to be,” she admitted, “but he’s not dying. What is wrong with you?”
The “Changes” singer also addressed reports that Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne — who wed in 1982 and are also parents to Aimee Osbourne, 41 — had agreed to a suicide pact, a rumor which stemmed from comments Sharon Osbourne made to The Mirror in 2017.
“Stop making articles or posts about how you think my parents are having a suicide pact,” she said. “That was bulls–t my mom said to get attention one time. And my dad’s not dying. Stop.”
During Ozzy Osbourne’s final Black Sabbath concert earlier this month, he and Kelly Osbourne shared a special family moment as her partner Sid Wilson — with whom she shares 2-year-old son Sidney — got down on one knee and proposed backstage. But of course, the Grammy winner had to inject some of his signature humor into the heartfelt moment.
“F–k off,” he joked as Wilson began to pop the question, “you’re not marrying my daughter.”
In his final years, Ozzy Osbourne faced a number of health complications including a battle with Parkinson’s disease, which he shared publicly in 2020. Two years later, he underwent what Sharon described as a “major operation” that was “really going to determine the rest of his life.”
Following his death, his family said that they were filled with “more sadness than mere words can convey.”
“He was with his family and surrounded by love,” they said in a statement to E! News. “We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.”
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